On Wednesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.8.1 of CocktailCocktail (Mountain Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 5.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Improvements to the Pilot scheduler. When updating from version 6.7.1 or earlier, the scheduler […]
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When in doubt, there’s always the public beta to make things a bit better. On Thursday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.8.800.115 for Mac OS X, an 18 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version adds the following fixes and changes: – Includes new features as well as enhancements and bug fixes related to security, stability, […]
Late Thursday, Parallels released version 8.0.18483 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 320 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Better compatibility with new iMacs. – Create Boot Camp virtual machines on new iMacs with 3 TB hard drives. – Create virtual machines from the Boot Camp partition with […]
A security update never truly goes unappreciated. Following up on recently discovered zero-day Java security holes, Apple releases Java updates for its Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 operating systems. The first update, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 14, stands as a 72.8 megabyte download and offers the following fixes and changes: […]
Well, this is a bit awkward. Following up on a recent, wide-ranging malware attack, Apple releases Java updates for its Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 operating systems. The first update, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 13, stands as a 69.32 megabyte download and offers the following fixes and changes: – Java […]